GESHE WANGYAL

Geshe Ngawang Wangyal, a Kalmyk-Mongolian guru who received his Buddhist training in Kalmykia and in Tibet, established the Tibetan Buddhist Learning Center in 1958 as the first Tibetan Buddhist dharma centre in the West.

The Tibetan Buddhist Learning Center is a (non-sectarian) Center in New Jersey, USA, dedicated to the study, practice, and preservation of Buddha’s teachings. Originally named the Lamaist Buddhist Monastery of America, it was founded in 1958 through the great efforts of Geshe Ngawang Wangyal.